Feature selection for classification of hyperspectral data by SVM

Pal, Mahesh; Foody, Giles M.

Abstract

SVM are attractive for the classification of remotely sensed data with some claims that the method is insensitive to the dimensionality of the data and so not requiring a dimensionality reduction analysis in pre-processing. Here, a series of classification analyses with two hyperspectral sensor data sets reveal that the accuracy of a classification by a SVM does vary as a function of the number of features used. Critically, it is shown that the accuracy of a classification may decline significantly (at 0.05 level of statistical significance) with the addition of features, especially if a small training sample is used. This highlights a dependency of the accuracy of classification by a SVM on the dimensionality of the data and so the potential value of undertaking a feature selection analysis prior to classification. Additionally, it is demonstrated that even when a large training sample is available feature selection may still be useful. For example, the accuracy derived from the use of a small number of features may be non-inferior (at 0.05% level of significance) to that derived from the use of a larger feature set providing potential advantages in relation to issues such as data storage and computational processing costs. Feature selection may, therefore, be a valuable analysis to include in pre-processing operations for classification by a SVM.

Citation

Pal, M., & Foody, G. M. (2010). Feature selection for classification of hyperspectral data by SVM. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48(5), https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2009.2039484

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Jun 14, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 14, 2013
• Journal: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• Print ISSN: 0196-2892
• Electronic ISSN: 1558-0644
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2009.2039484
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1013008
• Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5419028
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